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Department of Land Use & Development
Staff Technical Review
Prepared by Meredith Badalucca on June 18, 2025
Property Address: 375 Maple Avenue (031-015-000) & Route 163 Parcel ID 031-019-000
Application:
25 SITE 5
Property Owner:
Rand -Whitney Realty, LLC
Applicant:
Same
PE:
Darren Hayward, PE — CLA Engineers, Inc.
Attorney:
Harry Heller, Esquire - Heller, Heller & McCoy
Lot Size:
3.01 +/- Acres - 375 Maple Avenue
24.6 +/- Acres — Route 163 Parcel ID 031-019-000
Lot Frontage:
481 +/- feet — 375 Maple Avenue
1223 +/- feet — Route 163 Parcel ID 031-019-000
Zoning District: -
I (Industrial)
Public Water/Sewer:
N/A
Flood Hazard Zone:
Yes — However, not in the project area.
CAM Zone:
No
Public Water Supply Watershed: No.
Site Restoration Bond: Estimate is required for review and approval by Town Engineer.
Legal: Submitted to Land Use Dept. on 6/10/25. Date of Receipt by PZC 6/24/25,
Decision Required Date — 8/28/25.
Site Inspection: A site visit was completed in the spring of 2024 as part of a pre -
application meeting. ZEO Radford and myself will complete another visit.
Proposal: Development of an industrial trailer parking facility and relocation of drainage
system.
Staff Technical Review Comments:
1. Stormwater Management Plan, page 2 indicates 375 Maple Avenue is approximately
2.94 acres. The site plan indicates 3.01 acres. Please revised.
2. Per Zoning Regulation Section (ZR) 17.2.6, please provide location map at scale of
one inch (1") equals one thousand feet (1000') including zoning district boundaries.
3. Per ZR 17.4.3, please include Route 163 unless requesting a determination of
applicability.
4. Per ZR 17.4.4, please include Route 163 parcel information on the Zoning
Compliance Chart.
5. Per ZR 17.4.6, please indicate the location, width of proposed drainage easement and
easement area over each parcel to cross.
6. Please provide copy of drainage easement, rights to drain and easement over each
parcel to be reviewed and approved by the town attorney.
7. Per ZR 17.4.8, please show location and size in square feet of all existing and
proposed structures including underground storage tanks and uses on the property and
the approximate location s and size of all existing structures on the abutting properties
which are within one hundred feet (100') of the property lot lines.
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8. Please indicated per ZR 17.4.12 location, layout, type and size of buffer or landscape
area, plant materials, fencing, screening devices, or other materials proposed for use,
if any.
9. Per ZR 17.4.13, please indicate location, size, height, lighting and orientation of all
signs if any are proposed.
10. Per ZR 17.4.14, please indicate location, size, height and orientation of all outdoor
lighting facilities.
11. Per ZR 17.6.10, please provide bond estimate for review and approval by town
engineer.
12. Per ZR 18.8.4 Greater driveway widths may be permitted where, in the opinion of the
Commission, they are necessary to accommodate traffic volumes or movements,
public safety requirements, or larger vehicles. Please confirm the greater width is to
accommodate one or more of the above.
13. Per ZR 18.14, please show adequate lighting on the plan as there are more than
fifteen spaces and the lot will be used at night.
14. Per ZR 18.6.1, please provide the square footage of the parking lot to determine
applicability of this section.
15. No proposed signage is included on the plan. Should signage be desired, please
indicate on the site plan in accordance with ZR 19.
16. Sheet 4 does not indicate a proposed chain or gate at the access drive on Maple
Avenue. However, the Stormwater Management Plan mentions a chain/gate and that
this access is for emergency access. Please include call -out on the site plan.
17. Sheet 4 indicates a well in the proposed parking area, please indicate if this well is
proposed to be removed.
18. Sheet 4, Note 2, indicates No direct disturbance to Inland Wetlands is proposed.
Portions of the parking lot will be located within flagged wetlands. Please revise.
19. Sheet 6, call -out top middle of sheet "Clear Lot to limits shown. Do not grub. Only
grub lot after perimeter erosion and sedimentation controls and the temporary
sediment traps are in place and have been approved by town staff" Please replace
town staff with ZEO/WEO.
20. Sheet 7, Erosion & Sedimentation Control Narrative, Notes 4 & 14. Please replace
town staff with ZEO/WEO.
Aeency Comments:
Town Engineer:
See comments dated 6/16/25
Fire Marshal:
Continents dated 6/16/25 "The Fire Marshal's Office has no
comment at this time."
Building:
See comments dated 6/16/25
Uncas Health:
Referred on 6/20/25
Public Works:
Referred on 6/12/25
Police Department: See continents dated 6/17/25
WPCA: Comments dated 6/12/25 "As it appears that the project will not be
utilizing public water or sewer we have no comments at this time."
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